Multiply collar



Feb. 17, k1942. E, A K|NG 2,273,647

MULTIPLY COLLAR Filed Aug. 7, 1940 Patented Feb. 17, 1942 MULTIPLY COLLAR Edward A. King, Boston, Mass., as siglnor 4of onehalf to Moore Fabric Company, Pawtucket, R. I., a corporation of. Rhode Island Application August 7, 1940, Serial No. 351,717

5 Claims.

This invention relates to collars for mens shirts and for other similar garments. The invention is particularly applicable to foldable collars of the turn-over type and having a soft or semi-soft finish.

More specifically, my invention relates to collars in which a relatively thick and heavy liner is combined with front and back face fabrics which are relatively much lighter and thinner. Such collars are commonly first assembled and stitched and thereafter turned, so that the raW edges are folded and concealed in the finished collar. VWhere the liner is thick` and heavy, however, the turning over of the edge of such a liner produces .an edge which is doubly thick and bulky and consequently quite unsatisfactory.

It is the general object of my invention to provide a construction in which satisfactory concealmentof raw edges is attained, while the doubling of the liner at its edge is avoided.

v To the attainment of this object inthe preferred form, I first stitch or otherwise secure a relatively thin strip or tape along one edge of the liner, then stitch the face fabrics to the projecting portion only of said thin tape, and thereafter turn the thin tape and the thin face fabrics about the edge of the liner but without folding the liner. The parts are then stitched together in their folded and final relation and a satisfactory finished edge is thus attained.

My invention further relates to arrangements v Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of a collar 'y embodying my invention; and

Figs. 2, 3 andll are sectional views showing successive steps in the manufacture of my improved collar.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown a liner Il) which is of substantial weight and thickness and which may have a reduced fold portion Il along one edge thereof. The liner I0 ris first blanked'out to the desired outline of the collar,

`and a narrow strip or tape I2 of relatively light and thin material is then secured to the edge of the liner I0 in any convenient manner, as by a row of stitches I4. i

Front and back face fabrics 2D and 2l are then assembled alongside the liner I0 and tape I2,

preferably inserted just beyond the outer edge of the liner I0.

The collar is then turned in the usual manner, which brings one face fabric, as 2|, to a position to cover the second side of the liner I0, as shown in Fig. Ll. The parts are then secured in turned position by a third row of stitches 25, which are preferably inserted a little further from the edge of the liner I0 than the first row of stitches I4. The stitches 25 also preferably extend through turned projecting edge portions of the tape I2 and of the face fabrics 20 and 2 I.

The thickness of the tape and of the face fabrics is exaggerated in the drawing for the sake of clearness, and the edge portion of an actual collar made in accordance with my invention definitely avoids the unsightly bulge or bead which was formed when the edge of the heavy liner I0 was folded upon itself.

The cost of the tape l2 as an additional item in the manufacture of a collar is largely offset by the reduced amount of cloth required for the liner, which may now be cut to a shape and size slightly smaller than the outer edge of the collar, Whereas if the liner is turned it must originally be both longer and wider than thecollar.

There is also 'a saving in time in the turning operation, as the relatively heavy liner requires no turning.r In the claims, the word tape is to be understood as covering any narrow strip of suitable fabric, whether woven separately or cut from wider fabric.

My invention is also applicable to collars comprising only a liner and front face fabric, with the back fabric omitted.

I-Iaving thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not Wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A multi-ply collar comprising a relatively thick liner, a thin narrow tape secured along one edge of said liner and projecting outward therefrom, and front and back face fabrics secured to the projecting edge of said tape and also secured to said liner in turned relation thereto.

2. A multi-ply collar comprising a relatively thick and heavy liner, a relatively light and thin tape secured by a row of stitches along one edge to an edge of said liner, front and back face fabrics secured by a second row of stitches to said tape outside of the edge of said liner, the face portion of one of said fabrics being folded around the edge of said liner, and said fabrics being secured in folded relation by a third row of stitches extending also through said liner.

3. A multi-ply collar comprising a relatively thick and heavy liner, a relatively light and thin tape secured along one edge to an edge of said liner, front and back face fabrics secured by a row of stitches to said tape adjacent to but outside of the edge of said liner, the outwardly projecting edges of said tape and fabrics and the face portion of one of said fabrics being folded around the edge of said liner and being secured in folded position by another row of stitches extending alsothrough said liner.

4. A multi-ply collar comprising a relatively thick and heavy liner, a relatively light and thin tape secured by a row of stitches along one edge to an edge of said liner, front and back face fabrics secured by a second row of stitches to said tape adjacent to but outside of the edge of said liner, the outwardly projecting edges of said tape and' fabrics and the face portion of one of said fabrics being folded around the edge of said liner andbeing secured in folded position by a third row of stitches extending also through said liner and at a point further from the edge thereof than the first row of stitches.

5. A multi-ply collar comprising a relatively thick liner, a thin narrow tape secured along one edge of said liner and projecting outward therefrom, and a front face fabric secured to the projecting edge of said tape and also secured to said liner in turned relation thereto.

EDWARD A. KDIG. 

